Thank you, Aslan for your editorial. The public are to suffer a great deal in the future if all issues are to be ‘shuffled’ by the NSW government’s various departments. Recent reports on ABC TV on the floods in Forbes have revealed that insurance companies have withdrawn from any compensation for future flood victims. This includes residents on high land according to the mayor of Forbes.
We may well ask will ‘West Byron and Arts and Industry Estate residents, businesses etc expect the same?’
The West Byron development continues with more questions than answers surrounding it. Why are risk factors and consequences so completely ignored by Byron Council? They seem to hide behind the skirts of the NSW government and be obedient children rather than diligent mature representative adults!
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
